English Literature · GCSE
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GCSE English Literature knowledge mat
Analyse the Writing, Not the Man
Language, form and structure are worth more than everything else on the paper. So why do most answers spend their time on the plot? Where the marks actually are, with the DfE’s own AO weightings; form as a choice, verse and prose; context and motif; three short Macbeth quotations verified against the text, and what each is for; one AO2 paragraph built from two words; four sentences that move an answer up a band. Eight terms to define, a model answer on guilt, and the misconceptions that cost marks.
£3.99All 4 GCSE English Literature knowledge mats, one landscape sheet each
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One purchase, all 4 GCSE English Literature sheets, £3.99 for the set: this one · The 19th-century novel · Poetry, seen and unseen · Writing about literature
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One landscape A4 page on one part of the literature course, built on the DfE’s own assessment objectives and their weightings rather than a board’s paraphrase. It carries where the marks are, form as a choice, context and motif, three verified Macbeth quotations and an AO2 paragraph built from two words — then the vocabulary, a worked exam-style answer and the misconceptions that cost marks.
Every quotation is from a public-domain text and was verified word for word before it was set; the poetry sheet prints two stanzas written for it, because anthology poems are in copyright. Nothing is quoted from a specification, a mark scheme or a past paper, so the sheet can be photocopied for a class and stay compliant.
Sold by subject: all four English Literature sheets for one price. A knowledge organiser stores a unit and is revised from afterwards; this is meant to be on the table while the work is happening.
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- The DfE GCSE English literature subject content (DFE-00231-2013), its assessment objectives and weightings quoted verbatim. Quotations are from public-domain texts, verified word for word
- Intended for
- English Literature teachers. On the desk during the lesson, not a student revision guide
- Extent
- One landscape A4 sheet · 9 sections
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